$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 68
Players returned to their seats and we are back underway with 68 entries. There’s plenty of time to add to that number and even more are expected over the weekend.
No one is running away with the chip lead but it’s a familiar face at the top of the counts. Jeremy Becker is the early leader in the Champions, stacked up to 95,000 from his starting 40K.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries: 64
Championship players are off taking their first break of the tournament with 64 entries and room to grow. They’ll return to play another three levels and work on their stacks.
We will take this opportunity to check to see who is out front early.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 56
More players are making their way to the Poker Room this afternoon and most are familiar to many who spend some time at our tables.
More friendly faces include Hollywood Seniors champ Wilmer Chavira, Jeremy Becker, Terri-Anne Crawford, David DiBernardi, Igor Tretyakov, and Tony March.
They will finish out this level and take their first break at the top of the hour.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 47
The blinds are up and so is the entry count, nearing 50 heading in the afternoon hours when more players will wake up and make their way to the Poker Room.
A few early faces include Phillip Krnyaich, Angelo Jordison, Mark Wiser, Carlos Bermudez, Wally Maddah, and Alex Ivan.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 26
Cards are in the air for the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship with 26 entries at the start and many more expected over the weekend.
They will play 14 levels today, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9, and aiming to build a bag for Day 2.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The preliminaries are over and the time has come to launch the 2022 Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship with Flight A starting at 11 am in the Poker Room.
The $1,700 tournament has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and three starting flights. Flight B runs on Friday at 11 am with Flight C Saturday on the same schedule.
Players start with 40K stacks out front and all levels last 40 minutes on Day 1, increasing to 60 minutes on Day 2 and staying that way until only two players remain. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following a one-hour dinner break.
All flights will play through 14 full levels and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.
It will be a great weekend of poker and we look forward to seeing everyone compete for the title.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $1,700 WPO Championship
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)